Online privacy rights trump fair trial and equal protection rights for users of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, a California state appeals court ruled Tuesday. Two defendants
Month: September 2015
Fed Judges Let Stand LA Court Closures
A decade of budget cuts, layoffs, reduced hours and closure of 20 of the Los Angeles Superior Court’s 58 courthouses has burdened the poor and disabled by
PG&E Asks Dismissal of Fed Charges
On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the San Bruno gas explosion, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has asked a federal judge to throw
Landlords Can’t Evade Rent Control
A California appeals court rejected a Berkeley landlord’s “transparent attempt to circumvent the provisions of local rent control.” After the landlords, Jason and Karen Mak,
Nevada Voting Rights Challenge Revived
Three civil rights groups have won reinstatement of their lawsuit accusing Nevada of failing to adhere to a 1993 voting registration law requiring the state
Death Penalty Delays Reviewed
What was to be a major challenge to the constitutionality of the decade-long delays in carrying out California’s death penalty turned into a procedural quagmire
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